‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. rosa rose. ] (Zool.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tessellate. ] (Zool.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. tesselatus. ] Tessellated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J. Forsyth. [ 1913 Webster ]